AWEX EMI 1144 +7

Micron 17 1708 +36

Micron 18 1528 +26

Micron 19 1412 +16

Micron 20 1350 +13

Micron 21 1332 +20

Micron 22 1299n +19

Micron 23 1271n +59

Micron 26 555 -10

Micron 28 397 -6

Micron 30 355 -

Micron 32 310n -

MCar 671 -

AWI consultation with woolgrower representative bodies

AWI consults with woolgrower representative bodies through the WICP and WCG to help the company determine the key R&D and marketing priorities of woolgrowers and industry. Woolgrowers wanting to provide feedback to AWI through the WICP or WCG are encouraged to contact their member organisation.

AWI regularly consults with woolgrower representative bodies through a consultation process that was developed with industry endorsement and rolled out in 2019.

The consultation process enables AWI to find out the key R&D and marketing priorities of these bodies and the woolgrowers that they represent, while also providing them with information on AWI activities and performance.

There are two key forums through which AWI formally consults and engages with woolgrower representative groups: (1) AWI Woolgrower Industry Consultation Panel (WICP) which meets four time per year, and (2) AWI Woolgrower Consultation Group (WCG) which meets twice per year.

AWI Woolgrower Industry Consultation Panel (WICP)

The purpose of this forum is to ensure clear, two-way consultation between AWI and organisational representatives, through to woolgrowers. The meeting provides an opportunity for the AWI Board to receive and provide feedback on current/important issues and relevant topics from Board meetings.

The WICP comprises a core group of members from the nine national woolgrower organisations. Their contact details are below:

ASHEEP & BEEF

Chair: David Vandenberghe

0427 786 049

wattledale@vandenberghepartners.com.au

www.asheepbeef.org.au

Australian Association of Stud Merino Breeders

CEO: Sally Hicks

0417 561 983

office@merinos.com.au

www.merinos.com.au

Australian Superfine Wool Growers' Association

Cathy Hayne

(03) 9311 0271

aswga@woolindustries.org

www.aswga.com

Australian Wool Growers Association

Board member: Tom Moxham

0403 721 866

thomasanthonymoxham@hotmail.com

www.auswoolgrowers.com.au

Broad wool representative

Peter Blackwood

0418 134 800

peter.claire@harlandrise.com.au

Commercial Merino Ewe Competitions Association

Tom Kirk

0439 952 562

tom@bundemar.com.au

www.ewecomps.org.au

MerinoLink

Richard Keniry

0427 878 541

admin@merinolink.com.au

www.merinolink.com.au

Pastoralists & Graziers Association of Western Australia

Bindi Murray

(08) 9212 6900

pga@pgaofwa.org.au

www.pgaofwa.org.au

WoolProducers Australia

President: Steven Harrison

(02) 6110 2067

president@woolproducers.com.au

www.woolproducers.com.au

The WICP nominates and appoints its own independent chair, and includes representatives from the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry (DAFF) plus two AWI Board directors.

For each WICP meeting, AWI publishes on its website (1) a communique from the WICP independent Chair providing a report of the meeting, and (2) the AWI Business Unit Update presented to the WICP.

AWI Woolgrower Consultation Group (WCG)

The WCG is a broader group of 28 representatives, comprising state and regional production-based woolgrower groups, as well as the members of the WICP. The groups in the WCG (aside from the WICP members already listed about) are:

AgForce Queensland

(07) 3236 3100 www.agforceqld.org.au

Australian Dohne Breeders Society

(08) 8210 5229 www.dohne.com.au

Birchip Cropping Group

(03) 5492 2787 www.bcg.org.au

Flinders Merino

Geoff Power: 0428 581 067 sambasbb@dodo.com.au

Liebe Group

(08) 9661 1907 www.liebegroup.org.au

Livestock SA

Joe Keynes: (08) 8297 2299 www.livestocksa.org.au